1st Portion Re'eh Part 4 (Deu 12:8-10)

8 [(11:31): “You are about to cross the Jordan, etc.” and you are permitted to sacrifice on temporary altars all the fourteen years of conquest and apportionment of the land]. You are not to do [i.e., you shall not sacrifice upon the temporary altars] as we do here today [in the tabernacle that is with you and which is anointed and fit for sin-offerings, guilt-offerings, and vow and gift-offerings, but], everyone [may offer on the temporary altars, only] doing as they see fit [i.e., vow and gift-offerings], 9 since you have not yet reached [all those fourteen years] the resting place [Shiloh] and the inheritance [Jerusalem] the Lord your God is giving you. 10 But you will cross the Jordan and settle in the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance [after you apportion it and each one knows his portion and (that of) his tribe], and he will give you rest from all your enemies around you [which he left there to test you] so that you will live in safety [(this did not transpire until the days of David)].

Rashi’s Commentary

12:9 Since you have not yet reached the resting place—All those fourteen years of conquering and dividing the land.

Not yet is the same as “not yet.”

The resting place—This refers to Shiloh (Sifrei Devarim 66:2).

And the inheritance—This refers to Jerusalem (Sifrei Devarim 66:2; Zevachim 119a).

12:10 But you will cross the Jordan and settle in the land—This means, that you will have divided it amongst the tribes and every man knows his portion and the territory of his tribe.

SifreiDevarim 65:1

12:8 You are not to do as we do here today—As long as the tabernacle had not been established, the individual altars were permitted, and the (sacrificial) service was performed by the first-born. When the tabernacle was established, the individual altars were forbidden and the service was performed by the priest.